The politics of drinking

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‘Drinking is like a mini-break – as exhilarating as spending three days sightseeing in Rome’

According to a BBC Newsround report last week, 70 per cent of children
have seen their parents drunk and, of these, 46 per cent don’t think their
parents should ever drink in front of them.

Before we go any further, let’s just tackle the obvious yet necessary points:
if we’re talking about parents who go completely woo-hoo/Bill Sikes on the
sauce or who are only managing half the school run before sitting down in
the middle of the pavement, puncturing a Gaz canister with their keys and
sucking out the contents with a “special” straw, then, guys, you need help.